Acceptance

"Acceptance is taking from God's hand
absolutely anything he gives,
looking into his face in trust and
thanksgiving"

~Chuck's Swindol~

(thanks Julita for sharing this with me)

A child's prayer

I love watching the little ones (those just developing
their language) pray. There language is VERY limited
so they pray the words they know.
This morning I had a pre-primary class right before lunch
and before they leave each student says an individual
lunch prayer before they leave the room.
This was one of the prayers prayed today:
Sorry. Love. Mother. Father. Teacher.
Wrong. Play. Punish.
AMEN!
Makes my heart smile every time:)

All School Sports Day

This year I have been lucky enough to get in on 3 sports days!
They are always such fun days and the kids get SO excited.
I love seeing them try so hard then being so proud
and excited when they receive there medal/ribbon.
This was the first (and may become an annual) "all school" sports day.
Our 3 cccd campuses (mobay, kp, kingston) were joined by maranatha school
for the deaf, and JCSD (Jamaica Christian School for the Deaf).
(these pictures are in random order and you can see more at the shutterfly site)

Towards the end of the day I needed to get out of the sun.
When I went to sit under the trees my little friend Daphawn
came to find me and of course wanted to take lots of pictures
and sit on my lap:) I was okay with both!

the little boys race

the sack race

the principal's race

3 legged race

older boys race

the "dodo" race
(the name is self explanatory)

the egg race

in the end Mobay school wins!
A very long day but SO worth it!

Pictures!

I have set up a page that you can now go to and look at all the pictures
I take instead of the few that get put on the Blog. Blake set a page (see I give you
credit when you really deserve it:) and I thought it was a good idea. And it was easy
enough for me to figure out (with some help from Blake) so now you all can go to www.erinsjamaicalifepictures.shutterfly.com and look at pictures that way. I have
spent the majority of the last few days uploading pictures and I will try to continue to
add from my massive collection as well as adding the new pictures that are taken.
Enjoy!

An Afternoon at Hanbury

Last Monday I took the team to Hanbury Childrens home so they could play
with thekids and get cultural experience that way since the CCCD KP kids
were not yet back from Easter Holiday.
I love going to Hanbury Homes and wish I could get there more often
then I do. Here are a few pics from our time there. I didn't get a lot
of time to play and take pictures as I was "interpreting" the kid's patios
for the team:)

Meet Seffner

This past week I was blessed to be working with Seffner School from Florida.
I have been working with Linda (the team leader) since I have been down here
and it was nice to reconnect with her again. This time down she was joined by 8
junior and seniors from the school where she teaches (and 2 other adults). They spent the week mixing and pouring concrete to put in a new gate to the farm, painting, putting in screens, and other odd jobs that were found.

A Big Change

After months and months of little to no rain/water the rains have now come!
We are praising Jesus that everyday for the past week it has rained. The rains usually
appear in the afternoons but today is has been raining the entire day!
(great weather to catch up on sleep in:)
As we drove home from the teams free day yesterday I took a picture of the roads
to show how quickly things go from dry and dusty to the roads becoming water ways
becuase there is so much rain it has no where else to go:)